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The twins got an easy win over an overmatched Croatian team on Saturday, setting up the U.S. – Croatia match for meaningful tennis on Sunday.  Up first will be James Blake against Marin Cilic, against whom Blake is 2-0, including a win this year in Australia.  The fifth and hopefully deciding match will be Mardy Fish against [...]

Mardy Fish and James Blake came up short on Friday in Porec, Croatia, taking big leads in each of their singles matches but falling in five sets.  The pressure is on to stop the Croatian Curse.  Croatia is the only country in the 109-year history of Davis Cup that the U.S. has never beaten, and has an [...]

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Blake was out-aced 12-8 by the lurchlike Croatian known as Dr. Ivo — on red clay, no less – but  still won the first in a tiebreaker 7-5.
Mardy Fish plays Marin Cilic in the following match.

Andy Roddick’s marathon epic against Roger Federer left him with an ailing hip, forcing him out of this weekend’s Davis Cup match on red clay in Croatia.  In his place will be his good friend and sometimes doubles partner Mardy Fish, who will fill the other singles along with James Blake, in the American team’s effort [...]